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Review: Macphun’s Tonality brings out your inner Ansel Adams

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by on July 31, 2014 at 10:00 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Product Launches

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It’s been at least a dozen years since digital photography has become ubiquitous, and a curious phenomenon has emerged. People are returning to the craft’s monochromatic roots. In the face of all the great native color digital cameras on the market, a significant number of photo enthusiasts have discovered a secret: They want to be Ansel Adams when they grow up. Macphun, which makes Mac standalone photo editing software and plug-ins for Adobe and Apple pro editing packages like Photoshop, Lightroom and Aperture, has launched a new black and white conversion app called Tonality for transforming full-color landscapes, portraits and other images into photorealistic monochrome or duotone…

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PlayStation Now game streaming service hits open beta today on PS4 in the US and Canada

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by on July 31, 2014 at 9:56 am
Posted In: Around the Web

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Sony is launching a public beta for its PlayStation Now video game streaming initiative in the US and Canada today (July 31). For now, the service will be available exclusively on the PlayStation 4, although Sony has reiterated that it’ll be coming to other platforms such as the older PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita handheld and PlayStation TV micro-console. Over 100 titles will be available to rent through the PlayStation Store, with different prices for 4-hour ($2.99), 7-day ($5.99), 30-day ($7.99) and 90-day ($14.99) loan periods. These prices could be altered – Sony says a $1.99 tier will be added in…

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PlayStation Now game streaming service hits open beta today on PS4 in the US and Canada

Jul31
by on July 31, 2014 at 9:56 am
Posted In: Around the Web

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Sony is launching a public beta for its PlayStation Now video game streaming initiative in the US and Canada today (July 31). For now, the service will be available exclusively on the PlayStation 4, although Sony has reiterated that it’ll be coming to other platforms such as the older PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita handheld and PlayStation TV micro-console. Over 100 titles will be available to rent through the PlayStation Store, with different prices for 4-hour ($2.99), 7-day ($5.99), 30-day ($7.99) and 90-day ($14.99) loan periods. These prices could be altered – Sony says a $1.99 tier will be added in…

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How to create a better Facebook Group that thrives, using Facebook’s own research

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by on July 31, 2014 at 9:15 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Facebook Groups are a great way interact with people that share the same interest. With a digital population of 1.28 billion active monthly users, creating and maintaining a healthy group of like minded individuals seems like it should be simple. It can be if you follow use data culled from nearly 500,000 groups. In 2013 Facebook and Carnegie Mellon University conducted research (PDF link) on nearly half a million Facebook Groups for three months to see what makes a Facebook group thrive. During the study 57 percent of the groups died (no longer posting updates). Don’t let your group disappear, use the data from…

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How to create a better Facebook Group that thrives, using Facebook’s own research

Jul31
by on July 31, 2014 at 9:15 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Facebook Groups are a great way interact with people that share the same interest. With a digital population of 1.28 billion active monthly users, creating and maintaining a healthy group of like minded individuals seems like it should be simple. It can be if you follow use data culled from nearly 500,000 groups. In 2013 Facebook and Carnegie Mellon University conducted research (PDF link) on nearly half a million Facebook Groups for three months to see what makes a Facebook group thrive. During the study 57 percent of the groups died (no longer posting updates). Don’t let your group disappear, use the data from…

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